The American And Chinese Communist Revolutions

Josef Stalin and Mao Zedong were both very similar and still quite different. Each of these great leaders wished to transform his country into something new and powerful. Though their methods of rule were not the same, they each were extremely effective leaders and had enormous impacts on his own country. Russia, before Stalin, could absolutely be considered as being a weak and peasant country. China, before Mao Zedong, was attempting, but failing, to modernize efficiently under Nationalism. These two countries under Stalin and Mao Zedong advanced quickly and went from being smaller and mostly powerless countries to global powers. These advances, however, did not come without sacrifice. Both countries suffered an astronomical number

The Chinese Communist Party took control of the government in 1949, after defeating the Nationalist party and its un-communist policies, laws, and views. During this time period WWII was also going on bringing with it new ideas and technologies that changed China for better or worse. With this change the peasant class experienced a major shift in rights, power, and influence. The Chinese Communist Party and the peasant class between circa 1925 and circa 1950 had a relationship that greatly benefited both sides, the Chinese Communist Party empowered the peasants and advocated for social and economic equality which strengthened the anti-japanese viewpoint and instilled a sense of nationalism.

The Chinese just like the Russian revolution both became communist governments in the end. In the positions that

The China-Vietnam Communist Party (CVCP) is the most popular communist party in the United States. The party was found in 1920 by George Lenin and his colleagues. During early years, CVCP had influential role in fighting for democratic rights. For instance, CVCP led the founding of many of America’s industrial unions. It also stood up against racism and segregation in the American societies while Jim Crow period was at its peak. Just two months after its establishment, the party had membership about 70,000, which included anarchists and other radical leftists who were eager for real politics to make real changes in America. While its older and more moderate brother Socialist Party of America was suffering from prosecutions for its antiwar

The Russian people were losing faith with the rulers of Russia, the Romanovs Chiang Kai Shek was replaced with Mao Zedong The Romanovs were replaced with Tsar Nicholas, which led to the russian revolution Mao Zedong led to the collapse of China due to his inadequate military

The rise of Communism in China is due to a man named Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China. His rise to power began after The Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist uprising that took place of 1900. It left China’s citizens experiencing starvation, extreme poverty, and grief. It resulted in the loss of many lives. This set the stage for the acceptance of men like Zedong and the Communistic philosophies. After, many chinese citizens began joining revolutionary groups and political parties in hopes of changing their country. These times of chaos and desperation played a large role in acceptance of Mao. He had the support of roughly 85 percent of the nation who were poor

In 1927, a war commenced between the Nationalist administration of China, headed by Christian official Chiang Kai-shek, and the Communist Chinese, headed by Mao Tse-tung. Thus, war was waged between the Nationalists, representatives of freedom; and the Communists, representatives of the soul-crushing oppression of Communism. Conversely, in America, the sides were interchanged, as liberal American reporters referred to Mao Tse-tung a “true man of the people” and an “agrarian reformer”; however, patriot of freedom, Chiang Kai-shek was prejudicially labeled as “power-hungry” and “corrupt”. Because assistance was not given from the United States to an ally in desperate need, the toxin of Communism invaded China and remains a parasite on a formerly great land.

After Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev emerged as Communist Party leader and later premier of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev denounced Stalin and his policies, and he instituted a program of “de-Stalinization” that restored legal procedures, reduced the threat of the secret police and closed labor camps. Soviet relations with the rest of the world also changed under the leadership of Khrushchev also. Even though Khrushchev believed that communism would ultimately triumph over capitalism, he advocated peaceful coexistence with the West, and called for a reduction of military spending. However, the discontent by the new soviet regime has been increasing in several eastern European countries.

The Industrial Revolution brought about many changes to the landscape of the world. This paper will look at how the idea of freedom evolved during the Industrial Revolution. In particular, it will focus on Karl Marx and the ideas he lays out in the Manifesto of the Communist Party. Marx was adamant about the idea that freedom was not truly achieved by industrializing a nation; rather he believed that the nature of power simply evolved.

In Asia containment took a new turn, U.S. was promoting a non-communist government in China, it invested time and money to see no results from a corrupt and self oriented Chinese ruler. When the U.S. realized that there was no use in helping the Chinese dynasty, they pulled out leaving Mao Zedong a pro communist leader to establish a communist state known as the People Republic of China.

The 20th century began with a tumult of wars rocking throughout the world. These conflicts led to rise of philosophical thinkings, of which one of the most popular ones was Marxism. Its popularity with the working class spiraled into the act of Communism, defined as “A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs”. Of which, in Asia, China and North Korea became Communist.

Removing the nationalist party as the certified government of the nation, Mao Zedong proclaimed the

Beissinger “Communism had taken its first steps in Russia; and soon after we saw it spread to multiple counties such as Belgium, China and various other countries around the world.” Communism/Marxism was popularised in Russia as the people classified as the proletariat was continuously suppressed and abused by what is known as the bourgeoisie. The core idea of communism was strictly that everyone was equal. Now whilst the Soviet Union did not keep the core concept of the idea they were successful by the means that they had one of the strongest military forces and undoubtedly the most political control of their country. Soon the communist theory to other countries like China. After the May Fourth movement various Chinese intellects turned their ideals from democracy towards the Soviet Union and the communist ideology. After two years Mao Zedong pushed the remaining Chinese Nationalist army into Taiwan and formed the People’s Republic of China. In doing so Mao Zedong constructed the government structure that the country still uses to this present day and in doing so making them one of the most powerful nations in the world. Whilst the French revolution has arguably influenced the American Revolution, the Russian revolution has had its own influences whether the influence is considered positive or

During early 1800s, Great Britain wanted to trade with China, however China wouldn’t allow them. So, the British decided to smuggle opium into China and get the citizens on drugs. But the Chinese government found out and this lead to the First Opium War which caused rebellions within China (pg 76). China not willing to trade specifically caused vulnerability because when the British backed down, the Chinese also let their guard down, and allowed opium to be brought in more easily. In the summer of 1919 citizens boycotted Japanese goods and stood in front of a speaker’s platform to protest the Versailles Conference decision to let Japan keep the Shandong Province (Schoopa). As powerful of a movement this was, it also had some downfalls that caused instability, mostly within the government of China. One of the causes of instability was that the people wanted the three government officials that they thought were responsible for having unfair conditions from the Treaty. One of the last points I am going to share with you is how Mao made China unstable. Although he created many problems, one specific one that caused instability was when he said he wanted the economic planning to only be in the control of people with communist beliefs. This made Mao vulnerable because it showed that he was losing support and he wanted to know who was still loyal to him, so he started to go away from his original

China made its modernisation through revolutions. There are two historical event scholars believes can be threat as milestone of the transformation: 1911 Xinhai revolution, which brings an end to the two thousand year of monarchy; May fourth movement which carried out by students in Beijing protesting against the unfair treatment China get on the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The word revolution means ‘the fundamental change of power’, where the word movement is ‘a group